Posted at 02/19/19 10:15 PM
The country's top cop revealed they have a watchlist of politicians involved in so-called "guns, goons and gold"—factors that lead to election violence.
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Rappler chief Maria Ressa is a "walking testament" that press freedom remains vibrant in the country, Malacañang said Monday following criticism that her arrest is meant to stifle opposition.
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A law giving election candidates additional discounts on political ads will only benefit those with a substantial campaign kitty, poll watchdog Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) said Sunday.
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President Duterte excludes from his senatorial lineup Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon 'Bong' Revilla, Jr., both actors and former senators linked to the multibillion-peso 'pork barrel' fund scam.
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A former official of the Commission on Elections said candidates can easily get away with the poll body's new guidelines on using social media.
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The Philippine National Police said Tuesday it did not violate any law in inviting senatorial candidate Christopher Go to an event at its headquarters a day before the start of the campaign period for May's midterm polls.
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The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) needs the go signal from the government before it can take down unlawful poll campaign materials, its leader said Sunday.
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Investigators have not yet found a lead on the ambush that injured a Cebu town mayor and left 3 dead, including her husband, the chief of the national police said Thursday.
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The ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law in Cotabato City was due to the influence of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and traditional politicians, an analyst said Tuesday.
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MANILA - Political leaders in Mindanao must sacrifice their own interests in order to end decades of strife in the restive south, Bangsamoro Transition Commission Chairman Ghazali Jaafar said Tuesday, as tensions have flared up ahead of the upcoming plebiscite for a new Bangsamoro territory.
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